CONCRETE PLAN? The Executive Yuan, the Kaohsiung mayor and many residents support the local government’s plan, while some worry about not having it in writing
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 25, 2017
By: Hung Chen-hung, Wang Jung-hsiang, Ko Yo-hao and Lee Hsin-fa / Staff reporters
Plants surrounding Dalinpu Village are pictured on Dec. 14. Photo: Chang Chung-yi, Taipei
Residents anxious ahead of village’s 2019 relocation
Times
The relocation of residents from Kaohsiung’s Dalinpu Village (大林蒲), which has been plagued by heavy air pollution, is to begin in 2019, but some residents worry that the plan has no concrete details.
Dalinpu has a population of about 10,000 and is one of the six boroughs in the coastal Siaogang District (小港).
Its history can be traced back to 1661 when subordinates of Ming Dynasty general Cheng Cheng-kung (鄭成功), also known as Koxinga, settled there. Over the past three centuries, local residents have earned their living by farming and fishing.
Since being identified as an industrial area in 1960, the village has gradually changed into a place mainly known for air pollution and environmental protests. [FULL STORY]